This study examines the initiative to build a twenty-first century destroyer that has a crew of only ninety-five sailors. DD21 will lead the Navy in the next century. The crew of 300 in today's destroyers operates systems, sensors, and weapons to conduct combat operations. Damage control is required if the ship sustains damage during operations. The types of damage that may occur are fire, flooding, and hull or structural. A combination of these is a major conflagration. The focus of the crew turns from fighting the ship to saving the ship when this occurs. Automating tasks performed by sailors using integrated monitoring and sensing systems enable the reduction in crew by about 70 percent in DD21. Fully automated damage detection, fire fighting, and flooding control are a few of the areas that are to be augmented by technology to enable the reduction of the crew. Can a 70 percent reduction in crew and applied technology successfully combat catastrophic damage in DD21? The answer comes from the tasks accomplished, the personnel accomplishing the tasks, and the equipment used to accomplish the tasks. The analysis determined that 70 percent reduction of personnel is feasible assuming some important factors are taken into account.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
